課時提升作業(十一)

　?、? 單項填空

　　1. —I’ve got the first place this term and thus, the scholarship.

　　—　.

　　A. I don’t think soB. Too bad

　　C. Congratulations

　　D. Don’t worry

　　2. The CDs　by some students are now popular among the young.

　　A. to produce B. to be produced

　　C. produced

　　D. being produced

　　3. (2024·沈陽模擬)—Let me help you cross the road.

　　—　! I’m not that old.

　　A. Take your time B. No way

　　C. Come on

　　D. Go ahead

　　4. (2024·盤錦模擬)I had just got up and was about to cook my breakfast　the telephone rang loudly, but it hung up　I could answer it.

　　A. when; before B. when; as

　　C. as; after

　　D. while; when

　　5. 　, they found that he was gradually recovering.

　　A. To their much delight

　　B. To much delight

　　C. To much their delight

　　D. Much to their delight

　　6. 　Tom has no interest in piano, there is no point pushing him to learn it.

　　A. In case B. Now that

　　C. Even if

　　D. As far as

　　7. Reaching this agreement so quickly was a great　for the meeting.

　　A. appointment B. access

　　C. achievement

　　D. approach

　　8. Many young girls keep slim by skipping meals and　them with some fruits.

　　A. removing B. renewing

　　C. returning

　　D. replacing

　　9. As the train was to pull out, her husband came running along and climbed　.

　　A. abroadB. broad

　　C. aboardD. board

　　10. The sale of iPhone4s　quickly because after Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011, many fans bought it as a memory.

　　A. took up B. took over

　　C. took off

　　D. took on

　　11. (原創)　Mo Yan is intellectually sharp, he is an ordinary man in daily life.

　　A. When B. As

　　C. If

　　D. While

　　12. He’d be the last person　about his daughter’s death.

　　A. to know B. known

　　C. know

　　D. knew

　　13. 　the Internet is of great help, I don’t think it’s a good idea to spend too much time on it.

　　A. If B. While

　　C. Because

　　D. As

　　14. Mr. Brown stood at the door, 　newcomers with a large smile and a pat on the arm.

　　A. welcome B. welcomed

　　C. to welcome

　　D. welcoming

　　15. He has difficulty in sleeping these days, which makes it hard for him to　his attention on his studies.

　　A. concentrate B. catch

　　C. pay

　　D. draw

　?、? 閱讀理解

　　A(原創)A woman who lived in a coma(昏迷)for 42 years, unendingly cared for by her family, died Wednesday in her home in Miami Gardens, Fla.

　　Edwarda O’ Bara was a 17-year-old high school student in 1970 when she became sick from her diabetes(糖尿病)medication and slipped into a diabetic coma. Just before she lost consciousness, Edwarda asked her mother, Kaye O’ Bara, to never leave her side, and her family never did.

　　Edwarda’ s father, Joe O’ Bara, and Kaye took care of their daughter—reading to her, playing her music, making sure she was turned every two hours, bathed, given insulin(胰島素)and given nourishment through a feeding tube—until their deaths in 1976 and 2008, respectively. After that, Edwarda ’ s sister Colleen O’ Bara took over.

　　Her family’s unending care for her became a story told across the world. And visitors from across the world traveled to the Miami Gardens every year, sometimes appearing at the doorstep on random days, other times for Edwarda’ s yearly birthday party, a cheerful affair with decorations, balloons and cake.

　　Through it all, Edwarda remained in a coma. But to her family and followers she remained alive. Colleen O’ Bara described her as “the best sister in the whole wide world”.

　　“She taught me so much, especially after she was in the coma, ”Colleen O’ Bara said. “She taught me so much about unconditional love that I couldn’t say I had it before. She taught me about patience that I didn’t have before. I learned so much from taking care of my sister. It’s like I grew up overnight. ”

　　In an announcement of Edwarda ’s death posted Thursday on a website, Colleen O’ Bara wrote, “Yesterday while taking care of Edwarda I noticed her looking directly at me and gave me the biggest smile I had ever seen. She then closed her eyes and joined my Mom in Heaven. ”(310W)

　　1. How old was Edwarda O’ Bara when she died?

　　A. 56.

　　B. 57.

　　C. 58.

　　D. 59.

　　2. Edwarda’s parents did everything below to take care of her except　.

　　A. reading to her

　　B. playing her music

　　C. taking a walk with her

　　D. turning her every two hours

　　3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

　　A. Edwarda’ s mother looked after her for 38 years in her coma.

　　B. Edwarda’ s brother took over after her parents died.

　　C. Edwarda described her sister as the best one in the world.

　　D. Edwarda learned a lot from her sister.

　　4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

　　A. Edwarda’ s family’s selfless care for her became a story told across the world.

　　B. Edwarda became sick from her diabetes medication and slipped into a diabetic coma.

　　C. Edwarda died after 42 years of coma and her family kept their promise to take good care of her.

　　D. Edwarda smiled when she died.

　　B

　　A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

　　“You are employed, ” he said. “Give me your email address and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start. ”

　　The man replied, “But I don’t have a computer, neither an email. ”

　　“I’m sorry, ”said the HR manager. “If you don’t have an email, that means you do not exist. And the person who doesn’t exist cannot have the job. ”

　　The man left with no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only 10 dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded in doubling his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars.

　　The man realized that he could survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and returned late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US.

　　He started to plan his family’s future and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker and chose a protection plan.

　　When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email address. The man replied, “I don’t have an email. ”

　　The broker asked curiously, “You don’t have an email, and yet have succeeded in building an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email? ”The man thought for a while and replied, “Yes, I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”(312W)

　　5. Why can’t the man have the job at Microsoft?

　　A. Because he was lazy.

　　B. Because he didn’t pass the test.

　　C. Because he didn’t have an email.

　　D. Because he didn’t have a computer.

　　6. The underlined word “tripled” can be replaced by“　”.

　　A. became large

　　B. became three times

　　C. increased quickly

　　D. decreased quickly

　　7. The man can be described as　.

　　A. helpful and considerate

　　B. positive and generous

　　C. smart and hardworking

　　D. stubborn and unselfish

　　8. Which proverb can best describe the story?

　　A. Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

　　B. Where there is a will, there is a way.

　　C. Accidents will happen.

　　D. No pains, no gains.

　　【語篇隨練】

　　概括閱讀理解B中每部分的大意

　　Paras. 1~4 ______________________________________________

　　Paras. 5~9 ______________________________________________

　　答案解析

　　1.【解析】選C。句意: ——我這學期得了第一名, 因此拿到了獎學金?！ＹR, 祝賀。根據上一句話可知對方獲得了成就, 應表示祝賀, 故用Congratulations. 。

　　2.【解析】選C?？疾榉侵^語動詞。句意: 一些學生制作的CD現在很受年輕人的歡迎。根據句子結構和句意可知, produced by some students作定語修飾The CDs, produce與The CDs之間是動賓關系, 且此動作已發生, 故用過去分詞。B項指動作發生在將來; D項指動作正在發生。

　　3.【解析】選C?？疾榻浑H用語。句意: ——讓我幫你過馬路?！懔税?我沒那么老。Take your time慢慢來; No way沒門; Come on得了吧, 算了吧; Go ahead做吧, 來吧。根據句意可知選C項。

　　4.【解析】選A。句意: 我剛起床正要做早飯, 這時電話大聲響了起來, 但是我還未來得及接電話對方就掛斷了。根據句意可知考查when作為并列連詞表示“正在這時”的用法, 此時可用于be doing sth. /be about to do sth. /had just done sth. + when. . . , 故第一個空格處填when; 當意為“尚未來得及……”時, 用連詞before。

　　5.【解析】選D。句意: 使他們非常高興的是, 他們發現他在逐漸地康復。to one’s great delight或much to one’s delight表示“使某人非常高興的是”。

　　6.【解析】選B。句意: 既然湯姆對鋼琴沒有興趣, 那強迫他學習就沒有任何意義了。in case以防, 萬一; now that既然; even if即使, 盡管; as far as直到, 遠到。

　　7.【解析】選C。句意: 這么快就達成了這項協議是這次會議的一大成就。appointment任命; access通道; achievement成就; approach方法。

　　8.【解析】選D。句意: 很多年輕女孩通過不吃飯只吃水果來保持苗條。remove移出, 排除; renew重新開始, 繼續; return返回, 回來; replace代替, 取代。根據句意可知選D項。

　　9.【解析】選C。句意: 當火車駛出車站, 她丈夫跑著過來并爬上了車。abroad在國外; broad寬的; aboard上船(火車等); board板。根據句意可知選C項。

　　10.【解析】選C。考查take動詞短語。take up拿起, 占據, 從事; take over接管; take off起飛, 脫掉, 成功, 取消; take on呈現。句意: 因為史蒂夫·喬布斯在2011年10月5日逝世后, 很多人都買iPhone4s作為紀念, 所以iPhone4s的銷售迅速取得成功。根據句意可知選C。

　　11.【解析】選D。考查連詞。句意: 盡管莫言思維敏捷, 但在日常生活中他是一個普通人。while放在句首, 引導讓步狀語從句, 意為“盡管; 雖然”。as也可以引導讓步狀語從句, 但是從句要用倒裝結構, 故答案選D。

　　【變式備選】

　　　Mary was writing a letter, the children were playing outside.

　　A. While B. Because

　　C. Since

　　D. If

　　【解析】選A?？疾檫B詞。句意: 當瑪麗寫信時, 孩子們正在外面玩。while在此處表示“當……時候”。

　　12.【解析】選A。the first/second. . . last person to do sth. 表示“第一個/第二個……最后一個做某事的人”。

　　13.【解析】選B?？疾檫B詞的用法。句意: 盡管互聯網有很大的幫助, 但我認為花太多的時間在上面不是個好主意。if用來引導條件狀語從句; because和as都用來引導原因狀語從句, 在此都不符合邏輯。故選B。

　　【變式備選】

　　I really don’t like art, 　I find his work impressive.

　　A. as B. since

　　C. if

　　D. while

　　【解析】選D?？疾檫B詞用法。句意: 事實上我不喜歡藝術, 但我發現他的作品很有感染力。根據句意, 此處表示轉折、對比, 因此選while。

　　14.【解析】選D。考查非謂語動詞。根據句子結構可以看出此處welcoming作伴隨狀語, welcoming相當于and welcomed。動詞不定式前面加逗號與主句隔開時, 表示意外的結果。

　　15.【解析】選A。句意: 最近他睡覺有困難, 這使得他學習時很難集中注意力。concentrate one’s attention on集中注意力于……。pay one’s attention to注意, catch/draw one’s attention吸引某人的注意力, 都不符合句意。

　?、?

　　世界上昏迷時間最長的病人愛德華達微笑著離開人世, 終年59歲。在她昏迷的這么多年中, 親人們堅守愛的承諾長達42年, 對她不離不棄。

　　1.【解析】選D。細節理解題。由第一段和第二段可知, Edwarda 17歲時陷入昏迷, 昏迷了長達42年后逝世, 故去世時已經59歲了。故選D。

　　2.【解析】選C。細節理解題。由第三段中Edwarda’s father, Joe O’ Bara, and Kaye took care of their daughter—reading to her, playing her music, making sure she was turned every two hours, bathed, given insulin and given nourishment through a feeding tube可知, 選C。

　　3.【解析】選A。細節理解題。由第二段和第三段可知, 自從Edwarda在1970年陷入昏迷后, 她父母就一直照顧著她, 直到他們分別于1976年和2008年去世, 母親照顧了她38年, 故A項正確; 由第三段中的Edwarda’ s sister Colleen O’ Bara took over. 可知, B項錯誤; 由第五段中的Colleen O’ Bara described her as “the best sister in the whole wide world”. 可知, C項錯誤; 由第六段Colleen所講的話可知, 是Colleen從Edwarda身上學到了很多, D項錯誤。故選A。

　　4.【解析】選C。主旨大意題。通讀全文可知, 本文主要講述了Edwarda在她昏迷了42年后, 微笑著離世。而在這42年中, 親人們堅守愛的承諾, 一直不離不棄地悉心照顧著她。故選C。

　　5.【解析】選C。細節理解題。根據文章第三、四段中那個人說自己沒有email, 那個經理就對他說他不能得到這份工作可知, C項正確。

　　6.【解析】選B。詞義猜測題。根據or前的doubled可知tripled為“三倍”。

　　7.【解析】選C。觀點態度題。根據男子利用自己手中的僅有的錢到逐步成功的過程, 可推知男子非常聰明, 也非常勤勞。沒有提及他做好事或捐錢所以不能說他樂于助人或慷慨或無私, 故可排除其他三個選項。

　　8.【解析】選A。細節理解題。從文中的故事可看出暫時的失敗對一個人來說不一定就是壞事, 也可能成為他成功的契機, 故選A項, 表示“塞翁失馬, 焉知非福”。Paras. 1~4 No email caused the man not to get a job at Microsoft.

　　Paras. 5~9 The man succeeded at last through his hard work, still no email.